Spinner for fish lures



May 13, 1930. 5.1M, WRlHT ET AL' 1,758,344

SPINNER FOR FISH LURES Filed June 9. 1928 @WMV Patented May 13, 1930 UNITED STATES STANLEY I. 'WRIGHT AND ANDREW SPINNER FOB D. aladin., or DENVER, comme FISH Lunas Application med .Tune 9, 1928. Serial No. 284,088.

This invention relates to a fishing lure more particularly of the type known as a spinnen .The types of spinners at present in use are objectionable because of the fact v that the spinning members will cramp or lock themselves to the shaft under the pressure o f the water and therefore do not have a ositive motion. The principal object of this invention is to provide a spinningmember, the operation of which, will be positive and which cannot cramp or lock itself to the shaft.

Present types of spinners are also objectionable because of the fact that vines, weeds,

etc. will become entangled with the spinning member and wind about the shaft so as to revent the spinner from rotating. Another object of the invention is to provide a spinning member, the action of which, will not be interfered with by weeds and stringy material in the water.

A further object of the invention is to `provide a four-bladed spinner of' special design which will be unusually sensitive to the water currents so that it will spin and impart an animated appearance to the lure when drawn very gently through the water.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the'invention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and eiciency. These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention reference is had to the accomanying drawing which forms a part hereof. ike numerals refer to like parts 1n all views of the drawing and thr tion.

In' thev drawing: Fig. 1 is aside elevation of one form of my improved fishing lure.

' Fig. 2 .is a similar view l form thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section jtrroulgh the spinning member of the form of 1g. Fig. 4 is a similar enlarged section through the spinning member of the form of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 1s al oughout the descripof an alternate face view of the spinning -wire 18'.y kA bearing member. The same'general design is employed in both forms of the invention.

In the first form of our invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, We employ a 'wire shaft 10 which extends entirely through the 55 lure terminating in a lineloop 11 at one ex-y tremity and a hoop loop 12 at its other extremity. The hook loop 12 is designed to receive a fish hook 17 of any desired design. `The loops 11 and 12 are formed by 60 bending the wire back and winding'it upon itself as shown at 13. a

-Before forming the loops, a pair of spinner beads 14, spinner sleeve 15, and body beads 30 are strung upon the wire. The spin- 05 ner beads 14 act as end bearings for the spinner sleeve 15 which is free to rotate about the wire 10. Spinner blades l@are secured on or formed integrallyv withl the spinner sleeve 15. By this construction the blades16' 70 are maintained at right angles to the wire 10 regardless of any inequality of pressure upon the beads since the long spinner sleeve 15 prevents them from cramplng the wire 10. Thus the operation of the spinner is positive at all times.

With the ordinar spinner weeds will be- .come entangled in t e spinner blades and be wound about the lure or wire. In the present invention, should weeds become entangled 8 in the spinner, the becomewound about the spinner sleeve 15 w ere they can do no damage since the sleeve A15 rotates with the blades and carries the entangled weeds around with it.

In the alternate form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, the same principles are carried out in the construction. In this form a central wire 18 is employed similarly vto the first form. The wire 18 terminates in a line loo 19 and a. hook loop land is provided wit body beads 21 of any desired design. The spinner in .this form of the invention isdiil'erent in construction from the previously described spinner'and 5 comprises blades 22 projecting from the 9 ed es of a concally depressed portion 23.

n the top of the conical portion 23 an opening24 is formed for the-passage of the p bead 25 is carried within the,other` extremity of the conical portion 2O at" and serves as a bearing for that extremity, thus the spinner has two spaced-apart bearings, the hole 24 and bead 25, so that it can not swing or cramp against the wire. A second bearing bead 26 acts'as an end bearing and separates the spinner from the lineloop 19.

It is desired to call attention to the special backwardly from the direction of rotation as indicated at 27 and 28. The forward side, 27, is turned com letely around the end of the blade joining t e rearward side 28 in a slightl1351' pointed extremity 29, at the rear of the a e. B this construction the spinner is practica y weed proof for, as the blades rotate, the curved forward edge will force the weeds outwardly and allow them-to pass olf from the pointed extremity 29. There is nothing on t e forward ed es which would engage or hold the weeds. e pointed extremity 29 also increases the pressure area on the blades at a distance fromthe axis so as to impart more power to its rotation.

The ordinary spinner will -operate only when drawn forwardly through the water. Our improved spinner operates equally well regardless of the direction of travel. This is an advantage in trout fishing for the reason that in thls class of fishing the inner is thrown upstream a inst the current of the water, the ownwarcilnovin'g current, therefore, p forwardly by the spinner and will impart a reverse rotation thereto until it has passed the castin point, when the current will flow rearwar y past the spinner and impart a forward rotation thereto. Thus the spinner rotates constantl either in one direction or the other regar ess of the direction of ow of the water current.

While a specific form of the im rovement has been'described and illustra herein, -it is desired to be understood that the lsame may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim and desire secured by Letters Patent 1. A innerforiis luresha acentral sha comprising: a laded im indented portion on said impeller aving an opening in its extremity to receive said mg in said projection.

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and a bead carried on said shaft and arra ed to be positioned within said indented portion so as to Contact at its periphery with said impeller so as to maintain the latter invv alignment with said shaft.

2. Blades for fishing lure spinners comprising: a blade member, the entering edge of vwhich is curved in a substantially uniform curve from the axis backwardly from the I angle.

3. A blade for fishing lure spinnersl commember adapted to rotate prising: -a blade about a shaft; a projecting portion on the rearward edge of said blade member, said projecting portion bein fonnedby bringing the forwardv edge o the blade .impeller around in a uniform curve to a position in the rear of said blade where it joins ,the rearward edge said rearward ede being curved in the same'direction as sai but on a greatervradius.

4. Blade construction for spinning ish projecting forward edge y lures comprising: a blade member; a projeci tion formed at t axis of said blade member; a bearing in the extremity of said projection; a bead forced into the mouth'of said rojection so as to contactwith and space sai blade member equally from its axis, said bead having an opening alignment with the open- In testimony whereof, we ax our signatures.

` STANLEY M. WRIGHT.

ANDREW D.

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